A system called the "common draft" was implemented for the AFL and NFL in 1967, creating a joint draft between the two leagues while establishing the precursor for what has become the marquee event of the offseason.
The two leagues merged in 1970, and the rest is history.
Over the next several weeks leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft, we're going to take a look back at who the Kansas City Chiefs have selected in each round since the event's beginnings 59 years ago.
Let's begin with the seventh round, where Kansas City does not currently own a selection in the 2026 NFL Draft.
As of now, these are the selections Kansas City currently possesses this year:
**Round 1:** No. 29 overall (via Los Angeles)
**Round 5:** No. 169 overall (via Los Angeles)
**Round 5:** No. 176 overall (Compensatory)
**Round 6:** No. 210 overall (via Los Angeles)
And here's a look at who the Chiefs have drafted in the seventh round since 1967:
**2025 | Pick No. 228 | Brashard Smith | RB | SMU**
**2024 | Pick No. 248 | C.J. Hanson | OL | Holy Cross**
**2023 | Pick No. 250 | Nic Jones | CB | Ball State**
**2022 | Pick No. 259 | Nazeeh Johnson | DB | Marshall**
**2022 | Pick No. 251 | Isiah Pacheco | RB | Rutgers**
**2022 | Pick No. 243 | Jaylen Watson | CB | Washington State**
**2020 | Pick No. 237 | BoPete Keyes | CB | Tulane**
**2019 | Pick No. 216 | Nick Allegretti | OL | Illinois**
**2015 | Pick No. 233 | Da'Ron Brown | WR | Northern Illinois**
**2013 | Pick No. 207 | Mike Catapano | DL | Princeton**
**2012 | Pick No. 238 | Junior Hemingway | WR | Michigan**
**2012 | Pick No. 218 | Jerome Long | DL | San Diego State**
**2011 | Pick No. 223 | Shane Bannon | RB | Yale**
**2009 | Pick No. 256 | Ryan Succop | K | South Carolina**
**2009 | Pick No. 237 | Jake O'Connell | TE | Miami (OH)**
**2009 | Pick No. 212 | Javarris Williams | RB | Tennessee State**
**2008 | Pick No. 210 | Brian Johnston | DL | Gardner-Webb**
**2008 | Pick No. 239 | Mike Merritt | TE | Central Florida**
**2007 | Pick No. 231 | Michael Allan | TE | Whitworth (WA)**
**2006 | Pick No. 228 | Jarrad Page | DB | UCLA**
**2005 | Pick No. 238 | Jeremy Parquet | OL | Southern Miss**
**2005 | Pick No. 229 | James Kilian | QB | Tulsa**
**2004 | Pick No. 231 | Kevin Sampson | OL | Syracuse**
**2003 | Pick No. 252 | Willie Pile | DB | Virginia Tech**
**2003 | Pick No. 230 | Montique Sharpe | DL | Wake Forest**
**2002 | Pick No. 221 | Maurice Rodriguez | LB | Fresno State**
**2001 | Pick No. 243 | Terdell Sands | DL | Tennessee - Chattanooga**
**2001 | Pick No. 212 | Shaunard Harts | DB | Boise State**
**2000 | Pick No. 208 | Desmond Kitchings | WR | Furman**
**1999 | Pick No. 220 | Eric King | OL | Richmond**
**1998 | Pick No. 224 | Ernest Blackwell | RB | Missouri**
**1998 | Pick No. 216 | Eric Warfield | DB | Nebraska**
**1997 | Pick No. 214 | Nathan Parks | OL | Stanford**
**1996 | Pick No. 245 | Darrell Williams | DB | Tennessee State**
**1996 | Pick No. 241 | Jeff Smith | OL | Tennessee**
**1996 | Pick No. 211 | Ben Lynch | OL | California**
**1994 | Pick No. 219 | Tracy Greene | TE | Grambling State**
**1994 | Pick No. 199 | Steve Matthews | QB | Memphis**
**1993 | Pick No. 186 | Danan Hughes | WR | Iowa**
**1992 | Pick No. 186 | Erick Anderson | LB | Michigan**
**1991 | Pick No. 189 | Bernard Ellison | DB | Nevada**
**1990 | Pick No. 180 | Dave Szott | OL | Penn State**
**1989 | Pick No. 171 | Ron Sancho | LB | LSU**
**1988 | Pick No. 170 | Troy Stedman | LB | Washburn**
**1987 | Pick No. 186 | Doug Hudson | QB | Nicholls State**
**1985 | Pick No. 183 | Dave Heffernan | OL | Miami (FL)**
**1985 | Pick No. 180 | Vince Thompson | DL | Missouri Western**
**1984 | Pick No. 173 | Kevin Ross | DB | Temple**
**1983 | Pick No. 179 | Daryl Posey | RB | Mississippi College**
**1983 | Pick No. 173 | Ken Thomas | RB | San Jose State**
**1982 | Pick No. 184 | Greg Smith | DL | Kansas**
**1981 | Pick No. 180 | Billy Jackson | RB | Alabama**
**1979 | Pick No. 167 | Ken Kremer | DL | Ball State**
**1978 | Pick No. 184 | Bill Kellar | WR | Stanford**
**1978 | Pick No. 168 | Ricky Odom | DB | USC**
**1977 | Pick No. 177 | Chris Golub | DB | Kansas**
**1976 | Pick No. 196 | Rod Wellington | RB | Iowa**
**1974 | Pick No. 172 | LeRoy Hegge | DL | South Dakota - Springfield**
**1973 | Pick No. 173 | Donn Smith | OL | Purdue**
**1972 | Pick No. 179 | Dean Carlson | QB | Iowa State**
**1970 | Pick No. 182 | Clyde Glosson | WR | Texas - El Paso**
**1969 | Pick No. 179 | Tom Nettles | WR | San Diego State**
**1968 | Pick No. 184 | Sammy Grezaffi | DB | LSU**
**1967 | Pick No. 183 | Dick Erickson | OL | Wisconsin – Stout**
\- Thirty-five of Kansas City's 64 seventh-round draft picks went on to appear in a game for the Chiefs.
\- 2025 seventh-round pick Brashard Smith recorded 323 yards from scrimmage last year, rushing for 56 yards in the season finale.
\- Tailback Isiah Pacheco, despite being the 22nd running back selected in 2022, went on to record the second-most rushing yards for any rookie seventh-round pick in league history. Only Philadelphia Eagles' tailback Johnny Johnson (926 in 1990) tallied more during his rookie campaign.
\- Cornerback Jaylen Watson appeared in 53 games (29 starts) during his four years in Kansas City.
\- 2019 seventh-round pick Nick Allegretti appeared in 74 games (13 starts) for the Chiefs during his five-year tenure with Kansas City from 2019-23. Notably, Allegretti stepped in for Joe Thuney at left guard during the AFC Championship Game and Super Bowl LVIII in the Chiefs march to a championship in 2023.
\- The Chiefs have selected one future Pro Bowler in the seventh round since 1967: defensive back Kevin Ross, who was drafted in 1984. Ross made the Pro Bowl in 1989 and 1990. He was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2011.
\- Kevin Ross wore a Chiefs' uniform in the most games of any seventh-round pick in franchise history, taking the field 156 times. Offensive tackle Dave Szott (142) and defensive back Eric Warfield (115) are the only other seventh-round selections to appear in at least 100 games for Kansas City.
\- Former wide receiver and current Chiefs Radio Network analyst Danan Hughes appeared in 85 games for Kansas City after being selected in the seventh round of the 1993 Draft.